Eurybia lycisca, the blue-winged eurybia, is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae. It is found in from Mexico to Ecuador, including some Caribbean islands.Eurybia lycisca, funet.fi The Eurybia lycisca is a nectar feeding butterfly that utilizes the Calathea flowers as a food source.Bauder, J. A. S., Lieskonig, N. R., & Krenn, H. W. (2011). The extremely long-tongued Neotropical Butterfly Eurybia Lycisca (Riodinidae): Proboscis morphology and flower handling. Arthropod Structure & Development, 40(2), 122–127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2010.11.002
Larvae feed on Calathea lutea, C. crotalifera, C. inocephala, C. latifolia, C. warsczewisczia, and Ischnosiphon pruniosus. They also use the Calathea as a host plant.
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